Bimini Road
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The Bimini Road is a formation near North Bimini island in the Bahamas. Discovered in 1968, it is generally assumed to be of natural origins. Some have claimed that the formation is an ancient road, or perhaps a collapsed wall of the mythical civilization of Atlantis. Supporters of the Atlantis theory claim that the stone formation is too unusual to have been naturally formed. Supporters also quote the famous American psychic Edgar Cayce who they claim predicted the discovery of the Bimini Road in 1968 [1][2][3][4]. Said Cayce:
- "A portion of the temples may yet be discovered under the slime of ages and sea water near Bimini... Expect it in '68 or '69 - not so far away."
In his 2002 book 1421: The Year China Discovered The World, author Gavin Menzies proposed that the road is a submerged emergency drydock used by a Chinese Imperial fleet exploring the Caribbean between 1421 and 1423. Menzies hypothesizes that the ships were caught in a storm and that to commence repairs, the fleet had to create an ad hoc drydock using their large, rectangular ballast stones. Since sea levels were approximately six feet lower six centuries ago, Menzies believes that the now submerged Bimini Road stones were once on the shore of North Bimini Island.
Sci-Fi’s “Quest for Atlantis: Startling New Secrets” (aired July 2006) followed several different Atlantis fanatical groups, one of which focused on the Bimini Road. Dr. Greg Little, an amateur archaeologist, led one team of researchers on a dive to recover what he believes are Atlantean-era objects at the famed 'Bimini Road' off the coast of Bimini Island. Little and his team made a discovery: an entire second layer of square-cut rocks with similar dimensions beneath the stones of the Bimini Road. Greg Little’s discovery suggests the Bimini Road may actually be part of an entire wall or water dock of some sort.
The likely explanation is that the road is an example of tessellated pavement, a natural phenomenon. Concretions of shell and sand form hard sedimentary rock which over time fractures in straight lines and then at ninety degree angles. They are quite common and a popular tourist attraction on the island of Tasmania [1]; some also can be seen on the coast of Venezuela.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] External reading
- Bimini Undersea
- Dr. Greg Little, Dec. 2004, More Adventures With Bimini Beachrock: Remarkable Blunders in a Purported Scholarly Report Debunking the Bimini Stones
- Video Clips of The Bimini Road and Andros Platform: Manmade or Natural Formations?
- Exploration and analysis of the road
